Biographies of people buried between 1900 - 1909

John Millman (1853 – 1900) – Police bandsman.

Charles Henry Hill (1837 – 1900) – Head Brewer at Groves and Whitnall’s

Thomas Costley (1838 – 1900) – Estate Agent and member of Salford Board of Guardians

John Daniels (1827 – 1900) – Pointsman on Liverpool and Manchester Railway

William Hamilton (Killed at work) (1851 – 1900) – Steeplejack, killed when chimney collapsed.

Alfred Burgon (1847 – 1900) – Tea Dealer and Grocer in Salford and Manchester.

Charles Harrison Blackley MD (1820 – 1900) – Doctor who researched the cause of Hay Fever and was published.

Alice Booker (1845 – 1900) – Housewife who died due to the Salford Poisoned Beer Scandal.

The Salford “POISONED BEER” Scandal (N/A – 1901) – The Salford Beer Scandal

Samuel Moore (1838 – 1901) – Book-binder and Printer.

William Shufflebotham (Killed at Work) (1867 – 1901) – Van Driver’s Mate who fell off and was run over by the van.

Jessie Cross (1884 – 1901) – Mill Girls who committed suicide by drowning.

William Shufflebothom (Killed at Work) (1867 – 1901) – Fell from van and was run over.

Susan Walmsley (1827 – 1901) – Housewife who was the subject of a Weaste postcard.

Dr Joseph Whittaker (1858 – 1902) – Popular Salford GP

Isaac Rowland (1831 – 1902) – Council committee clerk.

Patrick Veldon (1873 – 1902) – Shot dead in a public house.

Samuel Bateman Wilkinson (1865 – 1902) – Victim of the typhus fever outbreak

Sarah Alice Howarth (1862 – 1902) – Murdered by her husband

William Ritchie (1833 – 1902) – Crimean war veteran

Isaac Daniels (1826 – 1902) – Weaste Railway Station Master

Robert Lyons (1799 – 1902) – Centenarian and Veteran of Waterloo

William Clifton (1842 – 1902) – President of Manchester and Salford Milk Dealers Association.

Albert Young (killed at work) (1873 – 1902) – Steeplejack, killed at work

James William Ashton (Killed at work) (1853 – 1902) – Labourer at Salford Docks, killed at work.

Michael Kiveal (1850 – 1902) – Wholesale Toy and Smallware Dealer and Shopkeeper, burnt to death at home.

Sylvester Needham (1837 – 1902) – Engine Driver for London and North Western Railway Company.

William Lance Marshall (1834 – 1902) – Salford Policeman becoming Chief Constable in 1880.

Rev. William Joseph Wilkins (1842 – 1902) – Missionary who became Minister of the Lightbown Memorial Church.

Mary Jane Howarth (1866 – 1903) – Killed by her husband.

Henry Bates (1846 – 1903) – Engineer, becoming Managing Director of W W Hulse Engineering Works.

Fr. Salvatore Carruccio (1846 – 1903) – Roman Catholic Priest of All Souls Church, Weaste.

Benjamin Robinson (1830 – 1903) – Mayor of Salford 1889/91. Chemist by profession.

William Joseph Wilkins (1842 – 1903) – First Minister at the Lighbown Memorial Church, Weaste

George William Fearnley (1857 – 1904) – Saved the lives of 22 drowning persons

Charles Edward Thompstone (1837 – 1904) – Smoke Inspector for Salford Council

Dr William Crosby MRCS LSA (1826 – 1904) – General Practitioner and volunteer church organist

Eliza McDougal (1867 – 1904) – Member of Salford School Board

George Henry Taylor (1830 – 1904) – Estate Agent and Salford Councillor

Gertrude Gee (1885 – 1904) – Sunday School Teacher at All Souls RC Church

Henry Lee JP (1817 – 1904) – Cotton Manufacturer and MP for Port of Southampton

James Siddall (1852 – 1904) – Butcher and member of Bethesda Chapel

John Blythe Foden (1836 – 1904) – Buyer and Cashier in Cotton Industry and Salford Councillor

John Edward Lane (Killed at work) (1878 – 1904) – Construction worker killed on site

Thomas Burns (Killed at work) (1844 – 1904) – Tram Inspector crushed by a tram.

Matthew Tickle (Killed at work) (1878 – 1904) – Coach Builder affected by chemicals.

William Bradley (1876 – 1904) – Railway worker killed by a train.

John Holbrook (1845 – 1904) – Mechanic, Warehouseman and Maker-up of Cloth.

John William Booth (1847 – 1904) – Grocer in Ford Lane, Salford and prominent Freemason.

William Bradley (Killed at Work) (1876 – 1904) – Knocked down and killed by a train.

Sarah Bradbury (1839 – 1905) – Founded the Manchester and Salford Blind Aid Society’s Braille Library in 1898

Alfred W. K. Fordham, MRCVSL (1840 – 1906) – Salford Council’s veterinary

Jesse Bryant JP (1829 – 1906) – Member of Salford School Board

Samuel Armitage (1828 – 1906) – Cotton manufacturer

Ellen Gill & Mary Ellen Gill (N/A – 1906) – the River Irwell tragedy.

Sgt George Straw (1824 – 1906) – Crimean War veteran with controversial funeral.

James Bird (Killed at work) (1857 – 1906) – Foreman Bricklayer, died in scaffolding collapse whilst building Togo Mill. Eccles.

Joshua Smith JP (1832 – 1906) – Cotton Mill Owner in Todmorden and killed whilst walking along a railway track.

James Bent (1831 – 1907) – From Warehouseman to Salesman to Provisions Merchant.

Robert Lane (1830 – 1908) – Sergeant in the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders and fought in the Crimean War.

Four men killed at George Leek and Co (1909 – 1909) – Lifting accident kills four men

William Southern (1829 – 1909) – Builder, firstly with his father and then with his sons.

Cpl John Rosamond (1832 – 1909) – Soldier in the Duke of Wellington’s 33rd Regiment of foot, in the Crimean War.

George Dodd (1853 – 1909) – Prominent local Musician and specialised in playing the cornet.

Thomas Dimilow (Killed at work) (1890 – 1909) – Killed along with three others when a lifting operation failed.